DEO hails distribution of meals plates to needy students
The District Educational Officer of Vizianagaram, U. Manikyam Naidu, commended the Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi for donating 400 steel meal plates to students at Kaspa Municipal High School. The initiative aims to replace disposable plates and improve hygiene standards for students participating in the midday meal program.
Why it matters
This initiative highlights the critical role of community-led support in addressing basic infrastructure gaps within public education systems, directly impacting student health and hygiene.
Vizianagaram District Educational Officer U. Manikyam Naidu on Monday asked schools to maintain hygiene when the students are served midday meals.
In a programme organised in Kaspa Municipal High School of Vizianagaram, he felicitated Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi-Vizianagaram City president Karrotu Satyam for providing 400 meals' plates to students who were unable to afford to buy them.
He lauded Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi’s service activities such as distribution of scholarships to meritorious students and distribution of meals plates to children of many schools.
Mr. Satyam who is also Midday Meal Coordinator of the district said that many students were using disposable plates to have meals with the non availability of steel plates.
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